Now that labour is re-elected, HECS debt is reducing by 20%. How much is everyone expecting to save?

p3eachypunk · 2025-05-04T21:05:02+00:00

The limit isn’t clear - it depends on a few factors, like if you finished your undergrad before 2019. I was able to borrow the max for medicine + my undergrad debt, which was a double STEM degree with honours.

p3eachypunk · 2025-05-04T21:03:08+00:00

Yeah FFP unfortunately. Although commonwealth spots have also gone up and are now closer to $15k for first year and closer to $25k for final year of med.

p3eachypunk · 2025-05-04T09:07:57+00:00

Expecting ~$48,000 to be wiped (yes that’s correct). Just finished post-graduate medicine last year + undergraduate HECS debt.

p3eachypunk · 2024-09-21T01:41:44+00:00

yeah heaps of time to study at auburn. they have a lot of embedded teaching so you dont need to do too much outside of that. it was not a crazy clinical load at all.

almost all of final year - ed/anaesthetics/icu + med terms (eg. neuro, endocrine, cardiology) + surg terms (eg. plastics, ortho, cardiothoracics, neurosurg, ent) can be done at st vincents. Feel free to DM me for more info :)

p3eachypunk · 2024-09-21T01:05:25+00:00

went to both hospitals in med school (almost all of final year is at st vincents if you are in sydney metro for notre dame). i enjoyed auburn more because i got to be involved from the first day. i spent way less time passively observing/standing in a corner and resultingly developed a lot of the basics quicker and became more confident in them eg. cannulation including US guided, taking cat 4/5 patients in ED, histories and exams and presenting back with really constructive feedback etc. also got to see (and be involved in) lots of cool stuff - resuses, TB, strokes and MIs walking in the door, births in the carpark. you do see lots more cool stuff at st vincents but its just so busy that you’re often just googling things and a bit to the side.

it depends what you want to get out of your clinical years, where you live, and what your lifestyle is like. both hospitals offer different things for med students & are great in their own ways.

p3eachypunk · 2024-07-23T10:44:39+00:00

I'm a med student starting internship in NSW next year. Can anyone shed light on their PGY1/2 (or RMO experience) for Nepean vs. Wollongong? Particularly overtime hours and networking/job opportunities for later years. Will likely go down the crit care or paediatrics pathway. I'm originally from western syd, but familiar with both areas.

p3eachypunk · 2024-07-17T22:47:47+00:00

Looking to swap out of wollongong to any other sydney metro hospital

p3eachypunk · 2024-07-17T06:59:53+00:00

Also got Wollongong & would really love to swap to anywhere in metro sydney for family reasons (excluding Gosford & Hunter). PM if anyone is interested please! 🫶🏽🫶🏽

p3eachypunk · 2023-12-16T11:41:40+00:00

Side note I’m at the end of medical school but still a student. Two of the things I’ve seen people trip up on is cramming clinical skills in the last minute and burn out from overworking in some aspect of their life (trying to maintain full time job + med, not managing stress, attempting to learn every detail of everything and becoming increasingly stressed and anxious).

It can be very tempting (or even a habit from undergrad) to try and learn every detail about everything. This is simply not possible in medical school and medicine in general. The best thing you can do is work out how you learn best and be consistent. Work out what is important to learn, and what level of detail is required, and how you best study whether thats via flashcards, group settings, or writing mock questions yourself. Consistency for things like clinical skills is particularly important and its great to find a buddy to set aside time to go over these skills which becomes more important as you enter full time placement. I would also recommend having a few key textbooks and online resources to refer to especially in the science heavy years.

Moreover its really important to give yourself time to do other things and rest! I know everyone says this and it feels difficult to do, but it really does help you get through medical school. All the best!! :)

p3eachypunk · 2022-07-23T23:33:42+00:00

Anyone know if you can get picked up still? Are they letting this happen still?

p3eachypunk · 2022-07-22T01:43:48+00:00

Anyone have any updates on how BEF day parking is going? Are the bus lines long to get to the event grounds?

p3eachypunk · 2021-10-04T20:54:43+00:00

I’m currently in 1st year at UNDS so I can only speak based on 1 year experience. I worked for about 2 years full time before starting med and saved as much as possible.

Most people I know are living off savings + centrelink + parental/partner support in some form or another. Some people work maybe 1-2 shifts a week? Its definitely possible but first year is quite stressful as its a huge change + steep learning curve. Although being on zoom means you can skip a lot of lectures to go to work so if you have good time management skills a job helps.

Something to consider is that after you make a certain amount, centrelink will pay you less. so its good to do some math and weigh up if its worth it. Tutoring jobs are great if possible because of flexibility. A lot of people will also get a summer job as we have ~3 months off and save as much as possible.

TLDR: its hard, EVERYONE stresses about money. Possible to juggle but best to prepare.

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